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So ever since the developer preview came out, I have been having difficulties on my laptop with Windows 8. Namely, it was freezing randomly every few hours. A few weeks ago, temporarily switched back to Windows 7 to make sure that it wasn't a problem with my hardware. I had it freeze twice. That was my signal to get my device looked at by Best Buy before my black tie warranty expired in June. They said that the optical drive was broken and that it needed to be replaced. When I got it back, I put the consumer preview on it and soon thereafter it froze again. Since then, I have been running it in Windows 7 trying to get it to freeze again to make sure it wasn't a hardware problem that was missed. I ran all kinds of hardware diagnostics but found nothing. I still haven't had anything go wrong in Win7 which makes me worried that the Windows 8 consumer preview has something that doesn't agree with my particular hardware.
My device is a Dell Studio XPS 1340.
Intel P8600 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
Nvidia GeForce 9400M G
Seagate Momentus 320GB 7200rpm
4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 RAM
Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64
My device is a Dell Studio XPS 1340.
Intel P8600 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
Nvidia GeForce 9400M G
Seagate Momentus 320GB 7200rpm
4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 RAM
Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Studio XPS 1340 / Custom desktop
- CPU
- LT: Intel P8600 Core 2 Duo (2.4GHz) DT: QX9770 Core 2 Extreme
- Motherboard
- DT: DX48BT2 from Intel
- Memory
- LT: 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 DT: 8GB of OCZ DDR3 Dual Channel 1333Mhz Gold Series RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- LT: Nvidia 9400M G DT: GTX295
- Monitor(s) Displays
- DT: 2 Acer 23 iinch 1080p displays
- Screen Resolution
- LT: 1280x800 DT: 3840x1080
- Hard Drives
- LT: 320GB Seagate Momentus 7200rpm
DT: 1TB Samsung HD103UJ 7200rpm
- PSU
- DT: 1000W Rosewill Bronze Series
- Case
- DT: Thermaltake Armor LCS
- Cooling
- DT: Custom assortment of wate rcooling parts
- Keyboard
- DT: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
- Mouse
- DT: Logitech wired USB mouse
- Internet Speed
- about 370KB/s down, 70KB/s up